Salsa Vaya, the Resurrection - TvH's touring stuff

name of the cow

Or drink almond and not worry about a name

flapz and filter coffee to go

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Nice! How did you attach those flaps?

When are you expecting to start jellyfication? Does riding it around not affect the paint in some way? I guess your flaps will help

That's one neat front flap

I'm checking in every time there's a new comment in anticipation of jellyfication.

^This :)

3M 4611F VHB (very high bond) tape. Remembered I had some left over from something. That shit should be as good as permanent.

For the front flap I cut the flap up a bit so I could wrap it round the guard and stick it on the inside as well, which meant I could force the sides to flare out a bit and keep shape better

jellyfication

Believe me my friends, no one wants jelly beans more than I, but we must be patient.

Give me jelly. Jelly me. Jelly now. Me a jelly needing a lot now.

That's a lovely, practical, build.

A couple of pages back you mentioned friction in the shift cables. I can thoroughly recommend the new generation of Shimano polymer coated cables - the low friction coating is very durable and they do make a noticeable difference on bikes with long, fully enclosed, cable runs. Not cheap, but they pay back in terms of reduce hassle and maintenance.

This bike makes me well jelly

I cabled up Kate's TCR with those new Dura Ace cables. Very nice indeed, but too rich for me. I've also used Goodridge coated cables which were good, but couldn't find them last time I checked.

I squirted some PTFE lube down the housing and they've since settled nicely.

I've just noticed the rear tyre logo has migrated over halfway round the rim under braking. Bit weird.

Neat Vaya ! Not fond of the white, but everything else is awesome !

where are the jelly beans?

where where where

bike is looking bomb btw. that dynamo wiring looks so professional...

this is what mine looks like (somewhere under there is a bike).

did you recase your wires or combine them somehow?

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Thanks! On the Supernova lights, at least, the two insulated wires for each run (one to the hub, one to the rear) are in a thicker outer jacket, so in the case of the rear you just strip some of that off, cut the inners to differing lengths, crimp them to the rear wires and cover the joint with heat shrink. Nice and simple. You could do much the same with any light guage two-core wire to make a new run, I'm sure.

Stop trying to dodge the question!

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Stop trying to dodge the question!

#rep

The jellybeans will come, but each of you must first look to your soul and find the jellybean within

each of you must first look to your soul

Ok

Oh

Oh dear

How are you getting on with the saddle? Bike looks really good and super functional!

So far I really like the shape and I thiiiink I'm getting used to the firmness. It's not completely glove-like, sometimes I'll get on and it feels perfect, sometimes I have to shuffle around a bit. Haven't played too much with the angle, gone from about -2.5 to -3 deg. The real test is whether I'll be able to do back to back days without bibs, which I could on the Brooks, but the shape and cutout on the SMP suit me much better.

Thanks again for the loan!